Pedal-cover for orgams



(No Model.)

J S. FOLEY.

PEDAL COVER FOR ORGANS.

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ATTORNEYS,

Unitas STATES PATENT @FFECE.

JAMES S. FOLEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLTNOIS.

PEDAL-COVER FOR RGANS.

SPEQIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 3%5,l29, dated July 6,1886.

Application tiled March 12, 19%.

T0 (0Z5 1071/0777, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMES S. FOLEY, of Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pedal Covers for Organs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has for its principal object to provide a simple and efficient mechanism, whereby a cover hinged to the instrument-case at a front opening thereof and over the pedals may be operated from the fall-board of the instrument to cause the pedal-cover to be opened and closed automatically and simultaneously with the fall-board, and whereby dust and mice may be excluded from the instrument when it is not in use.

The invention consists in certain novel fea turcs of construction and combinations ofparts of the pedal-cover and operating mechanism, all as hereinafter full y described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a transverse vertical sectional elevation of the front part of an organ-case with my improved pedal-cover applied; and Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same, partly broken away.

The organ-case A may have any approved size or design, and is provided with an opening at (1,,to give access tothe pedals B, which maybe connected in any suitable manner with the bellows of the instrument.

In the pedal-opening (L,Ifil]t cover, 0, which is hinged at c, at the top of the opening a, and may consist of a single piece adapted to swing upward on the hinges c at the front of the orgaircase; but i prefer to make the pedal-cover O in two sections, 0 c hinged to the case at c, and to each other at c, and provided with pins 0 at the lower corners of the section 0", said pins running in grooves made in the opposite brackets, forming the side walls of the pedalopening, and whereby when the cover is opened its two sections 0 0' will fold together at the front of the organ-case, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

I make no claim herein for the special con- Serinl No. 195,050. (No model.)

strnction of this folding cover 0, as the same is described and claimed in another applica tion for Letters Patent previously made by me.

To the rear edge of the pedal-cover C there is fixed an arm, I), with which the operating mechanism of the cover is connected, as presently explained.

The fall-board or lid 1*) of the instrun'ient. which covers its keyboard, (not Sll0\\'ll, is pivoted at c to a frame, F, which in turn is piv ated at ff to the opposite ends of the organ case A, and may fall back against stops f, fixed to the case.

Across the inner face of the front of the or gairease there isjou rnalcd in suitable brackets or eye-plates, ,a crank-rod, G, having a central crank, H, with which the pedal-cover arm D is connected by a rod, I, and the rod G has opposite end cranks,J J, each of which is con nected pivotally atj with the forward end of a rod, K, the rear end of which is pivotally coir nected at It with alever, L, whichis fulcrnmed at its rear end on ascrew, Z, fastened in the adjacent end of the organ-case.

A red, M, is connected pivotally by its lower bent end, m, with each lever L, forward of the center ot'the lever, and is connected at its upper end with the head or end 01 of a screw, N, which is threaded into the side barof the fallboard frame F at the adjacent side of the instrument, the connection of the screw N and rod M at a being such that the screw may readily be turned in or out more or less in the frame F without disjointing the parts.

The operation is as follows: When the fall board E is drawn forward to cover the keyboard or close theinstrument, the frame F will be drawn forward with the fall-board, and the screws N, rods M, levers L, rods K, and cranks J at each end of the orgalrcase will be moved to the positions indicated in full lines in Fig. 1. and in Fig. 2, and whereby the crank H of rod G will be caused to swing upward and carry the rod I and arm D with it, thereby causing the pedalcover O to automatically swing down into the case-Opening (t and cover the pedals,to exclude dust and mice from the interior of the instrument. \Vhen the organ is to be used, and the fall-board E is pushed whereby the pedal-cover C will be swung upbackward, carrying the frame F with it, the 1 screws N, rods M, levers L, rods K, cranks J H, rod I, and arm D will be moved to the positions indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1,

ward or folded automatically at the front of the organ-case, as also shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. l

The cranked rod G H J' assures the positive free action of the pedalrover-operating mechanism, and the screws N may be turned in or out to adjust the mechanism,so that when the fall-board E is fully forward or closed the pedalcover 0 will also be tightly closed over the pedals, and by adjusting the screws N occasionally slackness or looseness of the joints of the pedal-cover-operating mechanism may be taken up when required, whereby the fallboard and pedal-cover will close tightly in unison at all times.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with an organ-case, A, having a pedal-opening, a, of a cover hinged at the top of the opening and adapted to close it and to fold upward against the front of the case, rod-and-lever mechanism connecting the pedal-cover with the fall-board, and screws interposed or connected in the said mechanism, substantially as shown and described,whereby the aforesaid rod-and-lever mechanism may be adjusted to cause the fall-board and pedalcover to open simultaneously and to close tightly in unison, as herein set forth.

2. The combination, with the organ-ease A, having a pedal-opening, a, of a cover hinged at'the top of the opening and adapted to close it and to fold upward against the front of the organ-case,substantially as specified, of an arm, 0 D, fixed to the pedal-cover, a cranked rod, G H J, j ournaled to the case-front, a rod, I, con-v 'necting crankHand arm D,levers L,pivoted at Z to the ends of the case A, rods K, connecting levers L with cranks J of rod G, rods M, 5 connected at m to the levers L, and screws N, connected to the rods M and threaded into the fall-board frame F, substantially as and forv the purposes herein set forth.

3. The combination, with the organ-case A, 50 having a pedal 'ope'ning, a, of a cover, 0, consisting of two parts, 0'0, hinged together and at the top of opening a, and adaptedto close said opening and to fold upward against each other and the front of the organ-case, substan- 55 tially as specified, of an arm, D,fixed to cover 0,

a cranked rod, G H J, journaled to the organcase front,a rod, I, connecting crank H and arm D, levers L, pivoted atl to the ends of case A, rods K, connecting levers L with cranks J of 6d rods G, rods M, connected at m to the levers L, and screws N, connected to rods M and threaded into thefall-board frame F, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

J. s. FOLEY.

Witnesses:

L. A. MCDONALD, SETH F. CREWs. 

